More MPAA rating drama as David Schwimmer loses appeal for Trust

Well I guess you have to be Harvey Weinstein or Kevin Smith to appeal ratings against the MPAA and win. David Schwimmer (yes, that one) had no such luck trying to get his R knocked down to a PG-13 for TRUST, the story of an internet predator who lures a young girl into his trap, and how her family subsequently reacts. Hint: it involves guns.

Schwimmer maintains that the film is supposed to be a cautionary tale, and a lesson for young girls to not meet up with weirdos they find online, but how are they supposed to learn if they're not even allowed in the theater? I suppose their overly protective parents could take them, but how many teenage girls would be caught dead in a theater with their parents these days?

The "R" is for "disturbing material involving the rape of a teen, language, sexual content and some violence." I mean, it is kind of hard to put teenage rape in your movie, and not expect an R from the MPAA, and I'm not sure how exactly you'd cut that out, as it's kind of a central plot point.

The movie stars Catherine Keener, Viola Davis and Clive Owen, who is not the predator, but the father. Oh man, that pedophile is DEAD!

Extra Tidbit:

For more internet predator revenge fun, I highly recommend you watch Hard Candy with Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson. Just not with the family at Christmas.

Although I agree with the MPAA's stance on this, it's good to see more directors standing up to them to try and get the rating they believe their film deserves. Maybe soon we'll actually start seeing some changes in this flawed system.

Although I agree with the MPAA's stance on this, it's good to see more directors standing up to them to try and get the rating they believe their film deserves. Maybe soon we'll actually start seeing some changes in this flawed system.

Er, yeah. I don't know how graphic the rape scene is, but any remotely realistic and/or graphic rape, particularly that of a minor, is gonna get the R-rating. They could just elude to it in a before-and-after way, which is just about the only way to put rape in a PG-13 movie. Oh, well, I don't know that I can fault the MPAA for this one, that is one issue that is hard to put in a family film.

Er, yeah. I don't know how graphic the rape scene is, but any remotely realistic and/or graphic rape, particularly that of a minor, is gonna get the R-rating. They could just elude to it in a before-and-after way, which is just about the only way to put rape in a PG-13 movie. Oh, well, I don't know that I can fault the MPAA for this one, that is one issue that is hard to put in a family film.

trust me...

unless this movie is ultra violent the kids wont want to watch it, well not in the cinema any way. It doesn't sound like 'death sentence' to me so don't expect much buzz with the kids. besides, they'll see it any way, they'll probablt download it and your message will get through dude.

unless this movie is ultra violent the kids wont want to watch it, well not in the cinema any way. It doesn't sound like 'death sentence' to me so don't expect much buzz with the kids. besides, they'll see it any way, they'll probablt download it and your message will get through dude.